Quote Originally Posted by Branzig View Post
I'm a dry reamer. I wipe out the inside of my bowl after each smoke, whether I am building cake or not.

I am not a big cake fan, I like to keep mine minimal and I hate reaming with my knife...probably because of all the estates I get like the one @commonsenseman posted (OK, they aren't quite that bad).
I do the same thing. The cake on my pipe is probably about half the thickness of a dime. Just a uniform even coat so there is no raw briar.

It's really the preference of the smoker.